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MAUDE G. BROWN, 0F WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed September 12, 1918. Serial No. 253,779.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Manon G. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at llarren, in the county of Warren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation it may be stated that when a rug or other relatively heavy article is suspended on a line for the purpose of beating the rug, the rug tends to sag down and slide inwardly, toward its longitudinal center, because the supporting line curves downwardly, under the weight o'i the rug. ln' view of the foregoing, the present invention aims to provide a novel means whereby the rug will be held iiat, although suspended from a flexible line, the

rug thus being disposed in such a position.

that it may be beaten thoroughly'.

. t is within the province of the disclosure 'lo improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, assembled with a line; Fig. 2 is a Vcross section taken approximately on the line2 2 of Fig. l, parts being omitted, and portions being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to 2 but showing a further modification.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, the numeral l denotes pair of supports, of any desired sort, between which extends a line or other flexible element 2. The numeral 3 denotes a rigid rod, the ends of which are received within rings d, having widened partsV 5 into vwhich are threaded shanls V6 of hooks 7.

The hoo is 7 receive the line 2 and the y 6 bear on the rod 3 to hold the The hooks 7 and their exercise a` double funcshanks same in the rings 4c. shanls 6, therefore,

tion, in that they Vconstitute a means for holding the rod 3 in the ring 4c, and constitute, also, means for suspending the rod 3 from the line 2. Since the rod 3 is rigid, a rug or other heavy object, suspended from the rod, will not sag downwardly, but will hang flat, in a .position to be beaten thoroughly.

In Fig. 3, a. modified view of the invention is shown. ln Fig. 8, the rod is denoted by the numeral 8 and is partly surrounded by an open ring 9 which engages the rod 8 yieldiiigly but firmly, the ring 9 terminating in a hook 10 adapted to engage the line 2.

ln Fig. 4 of the drawings, the rod appears at 1l and is surrounded by a ring 12 into which is threaded a set screw 14, engaging the rod ll, the said screw being supplied v at its lower' end with a turning head 15. rfhe of the screws having open hooks located in a common plane with the respective rings, the centers of suspension of the hools being located directly above the centers of the rings, the internal diameter of the rings being greater than the diameter of the rod whereby the rings may be slipped readily on the ends of the rod, the rod being of circular cross section and the openings in the rings being circular., whereby the rod will so position itself, before the screws vare tightened, that the axis of the rod will be disposed directly below the centers of the rings and the points of suspension of the hooks, the difference in the diametery of the rings and the rod causing the rings to outstand from the rod through the maj or portion of the circumference of the rings, thereby aording enlarged bearing shoulders for the edges of the rug.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAUDE Gr. BROVN. Witnesses:

F. E. REDDING, M. C. BROWN. 

